Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender known for his elite social circle. In 2019, he killed himself in jail before his trial for sex-trafficking charges, which prosecutors said involved underage girls. Epstein's social network over the years included prominent politicians and celebrities, including US Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, and Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.
One email from Epstein to himself in February 2019 read that Trump knew about the sexual abuse of underage girls, but never participated. Epstein wrote, "Trump knew of it. and came to my house many times during that period. He never got a massage." In an email to author Michael Wolff in January 2019, Epstein wrote, "Of course (Trump) knew about the girls."